JUDGMENT :

R. Subbiah, J.

Prayer: Writ Appeal filed under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the order dated 05.03.2019 passed by the learned Single Judge in W.P.No.16857 of 2018 on the file of this Court.

1. This Writ Appeal has been filed against the order dated 05.03.2019 passed by the learned Single Judge, in W.P.No.16857 of 2018 in dismissing the Writ Petition filed by the appellant herein praying to quash the order dated 08.05.2018 on the file of the third respondent and to direct the respondents to correct the appellant/writ petitioner's date of birth as 21.07.1959 instead of 12.05.1957 in the Service and other records maintained by the first respondent-Principal of Pondicherry Engineering College.

2. The brief facts which are necessary to decide the issue involved in this Writ Appeal are as follows:

(a) The appellant/writ petitioner was appointed initially as Lecturer through direct recruitment in the Pondicherry Engineering College with effect from 02.05.1986; he was subsequently appointed as Assistant Professor with effect from 30.09.1992 on ad-hoc basis by direct recruitment. The petitioner resigned the said post of Assistant Professor, Electronics and Communications Eng